Four senior professors of IIT- Kanpur were booked under SC/ST Atrocities Act for allegedly harassing a Dalit professor. The police are further investigating the case.

FIR was registered on Sunday night and inquiry in this matter will begin soon. &nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspThinkstock

Lucknow: A Dalit faculty member of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) lodged a complaint with the police against four senior professors of the Institute, alleging harassment at the hands of his colleagues. The complainant is the professor of the institute's aerospace department and also an alumni of the institute.

According to a report in the Indian Express, the professors were booked on Sunday for allegedly subjecting the professor to 'caste-based harassment'. The four professors were identified as Eshan Sharma, Sanjay Mittal, Rajiv Shekhar, CS Upadhyay. Meanwhile, Dr Rajiv Shekhar has been shifted to IIT-Dhanbad a few months ago and he is now the institute's director.

News agency PTI reported, Superintendent of Police (West) Sanjiv Suman said, along with four professors and an unidentified person has also been booked under relevant sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Reportedly, the complainant was identified as Subrahmanyam Saderla. He alleged that the accused professors and others spread rumours in the institute that he benefited from the reservation and is not competent enough to answer questions. He also added that the accused harassers called him 'mentally un-fit and claimed that he had bad credentials.

Sadrela told the Indian Express that he has been facing caste-based discrimination at the hands of these professors since the day he joined IIT Kanpur. Shockingly, they have now started making random allegations on his research work, he claimed. They have also started digging up things against his wife, says the complainant.

The report says that Sadrela alleges that he was being continuously harassed and anonymous emails against him were doing the rounds in the institute. An IIT official told PTI, that he had also written a strong e-mail to the IIT director and the head of aerospace engineering department, Prof AK Ghosh, drawing their attention towards the alleged caste-based harassment.

However, KV Mishra, station house officer of the Kalyanapur police station told the national daily that an FIR was registered on Sunday night and inquiry in this matter will begin soon.

4 professors of IIT- Kanpur booked under SC/ST Atrocities Act for harassing Dalit co-workerDescription:Four senior professors of IIT- Kanpur were booked under SC/ST Atrocities Act for allegedly harassing a Dalit professor. The police are further investigating the case. Times Now